Founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938)
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He dismantled an empire and rebuilt it as a republic, imposing secularism, the Latin alphabet, and Western dress codes on a nation that had been an Islamic caliphate for centuries. The Turkish Parliament gave him a surname meaning 'Father of the Turks' — and his cult of personality still shapes the country's political identity.
Born in Ottoman Salonica around 1881, he agitated against the Sultan's autocracy and joined the Young Turks, only to be sidelined when they formed their own authoritarian regime. He made his name defending Gallipoli in World War I, then led the Turkish National Movement to victory against Greece, Armenia, France, and the UK in the War of Independence, establishing a provisional government in Ankara. The Ottoman sultanate fell in 1922; the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed in 1923. As president, he abolished the caliphate, replaced Islamic law with a secular civil code, banned the fez, introduc…
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Today the Soviet Union is a friend and an ally. We need this friendship. However, no one can know what will happen tomorrow.
...O Turkish child of future generations! As you see, even under these circumstances and conditions, it is your duty to save the Turkish Independence and the Republic!
Our object now is to strengthen the ties that bind us to other nations.
Our life here is truly hellish. Fortunately, my soldiers are very brave and tougher than the enemy.
Men, I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die. In the time that it takes us to die, other forces and commanders can come and take our place.
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